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HORTICULTUKE 



March 28, 1914 





Three Growers Tell How Their 



Lord and Burnham Houses 



Stood the Snow and Blow 



JAS. HAMILTON, Mt. Washington, Md. 



I tlioii;;lit you iiiiglit lie interested to 

 know tli.it we have just emerged from 

 the most severe Cyclonic Storm that 

 ever visited this section and while trees 

 were blown down, windows blown in in 

 dwellings, houses twisted, etc.. all 

 around us. the two houses 42 ft. tj in. x 

 400 ft. which we got from you and 

 erected in 1911 and 1912 came through 

 without as much as a single cracked 

 glass. When you consider that this 

 storm lasted for about .30 hours and for 

 about .S hours of that time the wind 

 obtained a velocity of 70 to 7.5 miles per 

 hour. It speaks volumes for both your 

 iiialcrial and our construction. 



Yours, 



STEVENSON BROS., Towion, Md. 



Last Sunday night and all day llimday 

 our L. \- B. houses were subjected to a 

 cyclone of wind and snow. We thought 

 at times that we would lose all of our 

 glass. The wind at times reacdied a ve- 

 locity of .80 and IK) miles per hour. 

 Fortun.'itely we lost less than two 

 dozen lights and the frame work was 

 as rigid as a stone wall during the gale. 

 The worst by far. we have ever expe- 

 rienced, as our houses are in very ex- 

 posed place. Their resistance to the 

 storm was remarkable. 

 Yours very truly, 



GREENHOUSE NOl 

 44'-o"x ZOO 5' 



GREENHOUSE. NoZ 

 44'o"xEO©"-j' 



HULL BROS., Waymarl. Pa. 



Perhaps it may interest you to know 

 that we are very highly pleased Willi 

 the greenhouse we got from you. We 

 have a line crop of lettuce in it, which 

 is selling rapidly at good prices. 

 Other .stuff Is growing nicely there, too. 

 We used muck for soil there, .and are 

 quite sure it is the very best tor green- 

 house use. 



The house is very attractive, and we 

 feel that it is a great credit in "every 

 A\ay. 



1 luring the awful storm of the 1st inst. 

 The greenhouse stood as qniet as a rock, 

 althougli it stands in a very windy 

 lil.ice. This same storm unroofed anil 

 demolished buildings for our neighbors 

 too. The boiler pleases us, too, because 

 it Wi'.s no trouble to keep the tempera- 

 ture even too high, when 1.5 degrees be- 

 low zero, and wind blowing a gale at 

 midnight. It will not burn culm well, 

 hut we think that it is practically im- 

 possible without some sort of a blower, 

 which we expect to install before an- 

 other season. Burns buckwheat coal 

 well. Will say that we are ver.v miicli 

 pleased w'ith the way you dealt with us, 

 and with the quality and style of the 

 material you sent. We hope to build 

 more houses soon, and will not forget 

 you then. 



Thanking you and with best wishes, 

 wc are. 



Yours very truly. 



Lord aEnd Bomlnam Compaimy 



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Are you going to Erect some New Houses or do any 

 Rebuilding this Season ? 



If so write us for one of our catalogues at once. Better get one 

 anyway for reference when in need of anything in our Hne. 



You know the importance of having proper greenhouse fittings, 

 and a reliable ventilating equipment in your greenhouse. 



We manufacture these articles in such a manner that we feel per- 

 fectly safe in guaranteeing our material in every possible manner. 



It will pay you to investigate. 



Your business whether large or small will receive our e.xacting 

 attention. You can make no mistake in dealing with us, as we guar- 

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It will be to your mutual interest to write us now concerning the 

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Richmond, Ind 



